The era of the anonymous phone number could be ending. On April 30, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved a proposal requiring telecom providers to verify customers’ identities before activating service. Government-issued ID, physical address, legal name, and existing phone numbers would all be included. The stated goal is stopping robocalls. The result would be […]
Alex Jones? How fucking high are you right meow?
Alt source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fcc-id-verification-phone-activation-1795960
And there’s a dozen other sites covering this, though unsurprisingly (since both parties support this in the US) little main stream news coverage yet.